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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Motoyuki Taguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 13/10 (2006.01); B65H 7/04 (2006.01); B65H 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 13/103 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 2553/61 (2013.01); B65H 2553/81 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing apparatus that is unlikely to damage a printing medium with a detection lever includes a feeding unit configured to receive a printing medium and to convey the printing medium in a conveyance direction; and a detection lever configured to rotate about a rotation axis for detecting a printing medium on the feeding unit, wherein in a width direction of a printing medium, which intersects with the conveyance direction, a first position of a contact between the detection lever and the printing medium and a second position of a center of the rotation axis are different.